AMD’s Carrizo has taken much of the limelight in past months, but the company’s Carrizo-L platform is still vital to overall revenue. AMD has revealed the new clock speeds and TDP ranges for its budget parts — can these cores hold the fort until Zen arrives in 2016?

AMD’s 2013 results show the company is moving in the right direction, with a strong Q4 despite continued declines in PC sales. And there is a new message from the company: AMD doesn’t want to just be a PC company anymore, and it’s well aware of the dangers of clinging to strongly to a semicustom business based solely on console parts.